MSE News: Orange dashes hopes of iPhone price war

legoman

makavelianz wrote: »

Yes 24 months does seem long for a contract but seems to be the latest trend from providers, i dont have a contract i am on pay as you go and cant comment on samsung hd, although from first glance it looks a bit bulky to me like the HTC touch hd i use to have, iphone size wise and in the hand is just right, but sometime i wish it could have a bigger screen to cover more of the front area.

yeah it looks good and the whole apps thing seems to be preety cool. i was reading about the samsung and orange apparently take all the good stuff off and put their own crap on. is this the case with iphone too?

£30 a month is pretty good though i'd want more texts than anything so £35 would suit me more.

Badunkadunk

Will there be quidco cashback on Orange iphone?

nobby24

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

, its a bog standard phone,

True but I rate the phone as the least important part of the iPhone, I use my iPhone more than my laptop now.

Wallhart

Man the Iphone is a rip off. Not only do you have to fork out a lot each month you have to pay almost £300 for the phone if you want to pay £30/month. Hence why I cannot justify this phone. Especialli when there will be a new iphone out in 2010

makavelianz

legoman wrote: »

yeah it looks good and the whole apps thing seems to be preety cool. i was reading about the samsung and orange apparently take all the good stuff off and put their own crap on. is this the case with iphone too?

£30 a month is pretty good though i'd want more texts than anything so £35 would suit me more.

Apple calls all the shots when it come to their device no Orange software or logo will touch that device, probably the only orange phone to escape all their nonsence :beer:. and apple will be handling all the aftercare unlike many of the other orange phones which you have to go to orange to get it sorted.

legoman

Wallhart wrote: »

Man the Iphone is a rip off. Not only do you have to fork out a lot each month you have to pay almost £300 for the phone if you want to pay £30/month. Hence why I cannot justify this phone. Especialli when there will be a new iphone out in 2010

huh? the iPhone 3G 8GB is £26.36 a month and it's free. or am i reading oranges tariffs wrong...

legoman

makavelianz wrote: »

Apple calls all the shots when it come to their device no Orange software or logo will touch that device, probably the only orange phone to escape all their nonsence :beer:. and apple will be handling all the aftercare unlike many of the other orange phones which you have to go to orange to get it sorted.

sweeeeeet.

makavelianz

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

Its not a premium device, its clever marketing, you pay a premium for all the advertising, its a bog standard phone,

You talk like when you have a problem the MD of Apple turns up in a horse drawn carriage and collects the phone on a pillow laced with gold then sticks it on its own private jet to send to the US to be fixed, when in reality its just stuffed in a bag and chucked in the postal system just like what every other phone manufacturer does

Premium product :rotfl:

You may be right apple is like any other manufacturer :rolleyes:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139984/iPhone_satisfaction_rating_on_a_different_planet_says_survey :rotfl:

Wallhart

Thats a 3G. I was talking about the 3GS. Is that for 24months too.

I just belive most people get the I phone as a fashion accesory just as much as a phone if not more. People are tieing themselves into 24m contracts when a new one will be out in 2010.

Steve1982

Does anyone know if on Orange you are able to downgrade after 9months if on an 18month contract? as if not then O2 works out cheaper for me.

I like some of the other posters have a bit of a dilemna as to what to do, I am on Orange and due for an upgrade but am concious that its gonna be sometime before they are willing to do any negotiating on retention but could do with a new phone